Same here. A friend and I started trying to write solvers for our homework and our teacher loved it. He pulled out sync cables and stuff for us to use (both of

Same here. A friend and I started trying to write solvers for our homework and our teacher loved it. He pulled out sync cables and stuff for us to use (both of us had second hand calculators, lots missing) and gave us hints when we got stuck. I need to go thank him sometime. That catapulted both of us in the direction of a CS degree.